Milk-pail holder.



PATBN TED DEC. 17, 1907.

A. J. HURD.

MILK PAIL HOLDER.

APPLIOATIEJH FILED PIJLBB. 1907.

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A TTORNE Y5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR JAMES HURD, OF WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO WILSON & HURDMANUFACTURING (30., OF WAUSAU, WISCONSIN.

MILK-PAIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR JAMES HURD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wausau, in the county of Marathon and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Milk-Pail Holder, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to milk pail holders and its object is to providea durable and efficient and inexpensive device of this character whichcan be readily adjusted to pails of diflerent sizes.

Another object is to provide a device which can be comfortably supportedby the knees of the user and which has simple and eflective means forsecuring it upon a pail.

A still further object is to provide a coupling device of novel form foradjustably connecting the parts of the holder, all. of said parts beingheld against displacement.

With these and other objects in view the.

invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder; Fig. 2is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section through one of thecouplings; Fig. 3 is a section on line cc:r, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is asection on line yy,

Fig. 2, showing the reduced end of one of the members within thecoupling.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1, 1 are oppositelydisposed similar bowed wires each of which is preferably made of stiffspring metal and has its middle portion folded to form an arched loop 2.That portion of the loop adjoining the bowed part of the wire is twistedas indicated at 3 so as to prevent spreading of the loop. A flat metalstrip 4 is arranged upon the lower face of the loop 2 and has its edgeportions bent around the wire as shown at 5 so that the strip issecurely fastened to the loop and held against displacement. One end ofthe bowed wire has a laterally extending eye 6 thereon while the otherend is flattened as shown at 7 and has its extremity bent inward asindicated at 8. A coupling member is provided for securing the ends ofthe two wires 1, 1 together and said member preferably consists of' ametal block 9 having a key- 55 hole slot'lO therein the narrow portionof which receives the flattened end 7 of one wire while the largerportion of the opening.

receives that end of the other wire carrying the eye 6. The bentportionS of the wire prevents it from being withdrawn from the couplingas long as the flattened portion 7 is seated in the narrow part of theslot 10. A set screw 11 extends into the large portion of the slot 10and is designed to bear against the wire end in said large portion andclamp said end against the adjoining flattened portion 7. The two wireends are therefore securely bound together. Obviously neither end ofeither wire 1 can be withdrawn from the two couplings 9 because the eye6 is formed at one of said ends whereas the other end is flattened andbent inward as shown at 8.

A spring catch is secured to each of the wires 1 adjacent the centerthereof and consists of a wire 12 having a head 13 at one end while itsother end is coiled about the wire 1 and the twisted portion 3 in such amanner as to prevent the catch from shifting out of proper position.

When the parts herein described are to be assembled the flattened endsof the wires 1 are inserted into the coupling members 9 and then pressedinto the small or narrow portions of the slots 10. The other ends of thewires are then inserted into the slots after which said ends are bentaround the adj oining wire to form the eyes 6. The parts are thensecurely held against displacement and none of them can become detached.To

' fasten the holder to a pail the same is slipped thereover and afterthe set screws 11 have been loosened the two bowed members 1 areadjusted toward each other so as to bind upon the pail at a point nearthe top thereof 95 after which the members are locked together by meansof the set screws. The heads 13 are then sprung into on agement with thetop of the pail and the ho der is therefore securely fastened thereto.are designed to be'placed upon the knees of the operator-and hold thepail suspended therebetween. The strips 4 prevent the wire loop fromcausing discomfort to the user.

Importance is attached to the particular means for permanently fasteningthe bowed members together and at the same time permitting adjustmentthereof.

It will be seen that the device can be made 110 The bowedloops 100 atslight cost, is very durable and can be quick y placed upon or removedfrom a pail.

What is claimed is:

1. In a ail holder the combination with a coupling b ock having akeyhole slot therein; of oppositely disposed wire members, one of saidmembers having a flattened end portion disposed within the contractedportion of the slot, the extremity of said end portion being bent toprevent withdrawal, and the other member being extended through thelarger portion of the slot to support the flattened end portion Withinthe contracted part of the slot and terminating in an eye surroundingthe first mentioned member.

2. In a pail holder the combination with a coupling block having akeyhole slot therein; of oppositely disposed wire members, one of saidmembers having a flattened end portion disposed within the contractedportion of the slot, the extremity of said end portion being bent toprevent withdrawal, and the other member being extended through thelarger portion of the slot to support the flattened end portion withinthe contracted part of the slot and terminating in an eye sur roundingthe first mentioned member, means for binding together those portions ofthe members within the slot, an arched loop integral with and extendingupwardly and outwardly from each member, and a flat protecting stripsecured to the lower faces of and conforming in contour with each of theloops.

3. A pail holder comprising oppositely disposed similar non detachablemembers, means for securing said members in adjusted position, archedloops between the end portions of and integral with the bowed mem bers,said-loops extending upwardly and outwardly from the members and beingtwisted adjacent said members, and flat knee protecting strips securedupon the lower faces of and conforming in contour with the loops.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR JAMES HURD I Witnesses:

W. A. MYERS, JosEPH W. PEQUIYNO'I.

